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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Gazunheit!"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ phoneme by determining how the mouth move when it makes the sound by imitating a sneeze. They recite a tongue twister, practice writing the lowercase "a" and listen to a story while identifying the letter sound....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Open Wide at the Dentist, "Aaaahh"

For Teachers K - 1st
Study the /o/ in both written and spoken words by reciting a tongue twister and making words using Elkonin letterboxes. Next, write a message about frogs using /o/ words. Finally, listen to a short book talk on "Doc in the Fog" before...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Best Pet

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the story , Pet Show, and discuss the variety of animals that were in the show. The class recalls the animals and practice sounding out the names. Then they decide which animal should receive the best of show ribbon.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links: Same and Different Words

For Students K - 1st
In this words worksheet, students learn that some words are alike and some are different. Students say the three words in each row and use a pencil to circle the word that is different.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links: Short Vowels

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this short vowels with the same ending phonics worksheet, students and their caregivers read 8 words and then write the 8 words in 1 of 2 columns based on the end sound of each word.
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Curated OER

Picture Match

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students match pictures with words that have specific phonics connotations. In this picture matching lesson plan, students have groups of words with the same phonics sayings.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roger That!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter R, r in order to recognize it, say its sound, and write it. They watch a partner's mouth as they make the "r" sound before repeating a tongue twister that contains many "r" sounds. Next, they practice writing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aaaaa is for Short /a/

For Teachers K
Students identify and interpret the sound of the letter /a/ by looking at pictures and seeing if they can figure out what sound it makes. They practice writing the letter a, both upper and lower case on primary paper. Finally, students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fish, Fish, Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Choo, Choo, words that say /Ch/!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Read, Read, Read !

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform repeated readings of the same text to increase their reading fluency and expression. They practice reading sentences from the board aloud to practice fluency. They read "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" as a class.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Look at Us!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers K Standards
Support struggling learners and focus on the alphabet with the three weeks of activities and materials provided here. Each day, learners review some letters and practice others in depth. They work on rhyming, practice new words, and...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kindergarteners and first graders alike are engaged as they learn the initial sounds of objects by taking turns flipping cards to form a long train. This complete and ready-to-print activity helps young ones build the basic foundations...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rhyming With Pictures and Words

For Teachers K
Students investigate rhyming words. In this literacy instructional activity, students evaluate word pairs to discover rhymes. Students use a picture deck to rhyme words supplied by the teacher.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comprehension of Jack Be Nimble

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading comprehension worksheet, young scholars read the poem Jack Be Nimble and answer questions about the reading and vocabulary. Students choose three multiple choice answers. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rhyming Objects

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of English

Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young scholars write rhyming poems using rebus. With pictures instead of words, authors create original work about things they love. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Say You Say

For Teachers K
Students practice switching initial consonant sounds to make rhyming words. They identify the difference between rhyming words is in the initial sound. Students practice various rhyming phrases and create their own rhyming pairs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience

For Teachers K
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spill the Beans

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Morning Message

For Teachers K - 1st
Students point to words in the morning message as it is read, then illustrate a printed copy of the message. Each page is added to a book of collected morning messages.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go Far in a Car

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They are shown the book, This is the Way We Go to School. Afterward, they learn the phonetic principle of rhyming words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Take a Plane or a Train

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. Instead of a bus, students attempt to sing the song using a different mode of transportation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does It Move?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They attempt to sing the song again, but change it for a tractor. They watch the book, A Visit With Grandma, through a projector, LCD panel, or big screen television and develop their...